Portrait of Raymond Cruz

Raymond Cruz

Acting

Biography

Raymund Cruz (born July 9, 1961) is a Mexican American actor. He is mostly known for playing military roles. His movie roles include Clear and Present Danger as Ding Chavez, The Substitute as Tom Berenger's second-in-command Joey Six, The Rock in an un-credited U.S. Marine role, From Dusk Till Dawn 2: Texas Blood Money as Jesus, Alien Resurrection as USM Private Vincent DiStephano, and Under Siege as Ramirez. He also appeared in the gang movie Blood In Blood Out, playing the role of Chuey, a gang member from the Vatos Locos. In 2005 he played Chino In Havoc. He also appears in Gremlins 2: The New Batch, credited as "The Messenger," and in Training Day as a gang member named Sniper, the poker player who doesn't know that three-of-a-kind beats two pair. He has made guest appearances in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "The Siege of AR-558", in The X-Files Season 4 episode "El Mundo Gira" and in the second season of 24 as a thug. In the Music Videoclip from Madonna Vogue ,He also made an appearance as the father of a murdered girl in CSI. Cruz played a large distributor of methamphetamines named Tuco on Breaking Bad in 2008. He is now a regular cast member on the TV series The Closer. Cruz also had a recurring role as Paco on My Name Is Earl, and as Alejandro Perez on Nip/Tuck. Description above from the Wikipedia article Raymond Cruz, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Born: July 9, 1961

Place of Birth: Los Angeles County, California, USA

Filmography

2024
2023
Medellin

as El Diablo

2022
Six Feet

as Gus

2022
2021
My Dead Dad

as Frank

2021
Blue Miracle

as Hector

2020
Wander

as Sherif Luis Santi

2019
The Curse of La Llorona

as Rafael Olvera

2017
Get Shorty

as Swayze

2015
2015
Cleveland Abduction

as Ariel Castro

2015
Better Call Saul

as Tuco Salamanca

2012
Major Crimes

as Detective Julio Sanchez

2009
White Collar

as Enrico Morales

2008
Breaking Bad

as Tuco Salamanca

2005
Havoc

as Chino

2005
2005
The Closer

as Julio Sanchez

2005
Grey's Anatomy

as Daniel Jimenez

2005
Brothers in Arms

as Reverend

2003
Nip/Tuck

as Alejandro Pérez

2002
CSI: Miami

as Martin

2002
2001
24

as Rouse

2001
Training Day

as Sniper

2001
The Division

as Ray Sanchez

2000
Blood Money

as Gutierrez

2000
2000
1999
1997
Alien Resurrection

as Distephano

1997
The Practice

as Miguel Moreno

1996
The Rock

as Sergeant Rojas (uncredited)

1996
The Substitute

as Joey Six

1996
Up Close & Personal

as Fernando Buttanda

1996
Broken Arrow

as Air Force Staff Officer at Casualty Briefing (uncredited)

1995
Operation Dumbo Drop

as Staff Sergeant Adams

1995
Dead Badge

as Tomas Gomez

1994
1994
Clear and Present Danger

as Domingo Chavez

1994
Rebel Highway

as Doogie

1993
NYPD Blue

as Raoul Calderon

1993
The X-Files

as Eladio Buente

1993
1992
Under Siege

as Ramirez

1992
Judgement

as Cyclone

1992
Nails

as Paco Sanchez

1992
Man Trouble

as Balco

1991
Dead Again

as Clerk

1991
1988
Twice Dead

as Cheeta

1988
Freddy's Nightmares

as Johnny 'Mac' McFarland

1987
1984
Murder, She Wrote

as José 'Joseph' Galvan

1979
Knots Landing

as Young Man

1979
Knots Landing

as Van Driver

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